TY - BOOK ID - 85669522 TI - The mark of rebels PY - 2016 SN - 0817389954 0817319204 0817360468 9780817389956 9780817319205 PB - Tuscaloosa The University of Alabama Press DB - UniCat KW - HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. KW - HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. KW - HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal. KW - HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies). KW - HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico. KW - Ethnicity KW - Social change KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Ethnic identity KW - Group identity KW - Cultural fusion KW - Multiculturalism KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Indians of North America KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Meso-America KW - Meso-American Indians KW - Mesoamerica KW - Mesoamerican Indians KW - Pre-Columbian Indians KW - Precolumbian Indians KW - Ethnology KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - Political aspects KW - History KW - Social conditions KW - Politics and government KW - Mexico KW - Colotlán Region (Mexico) KW - Sierra Madre Occidental (Mexico) KW - Anáhuac KW - Estados Unidos Mexicanos KW - Maxico KW - Méjico KW - Mekishiko KW - Meḳsiḳe KW - Meksiko KW - Meksyk KW - Messico KW - Mexique (Country) KW - República Mexicana KW - Stany Zjednoczone Meksyku KW - United Mexican States KW - United States of Mexico KW - מקסיקו KW - メキシコ KW - Ethnic relations KW - Colonial influence KW - Social aspects. KW - Participation, Indian. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85669522 AB - "In The Mark of Rebels Barry Robinson offers a new look at Mexican Independence from the perspective of an indigenous population caught in the heart of the struggle. During the conquest and settlement of Mexico's western Sierra Madre, Spain's indigenous allies constructed an indio fronterizo identity for their ethnically diverse descendants. These communities used their special status to maintain a measure of autonomy during the colonial era, but the cultural shifts of the late colonial period radically transformed the relationship between these indios fronterizos and their neighbors. Marshalling an extensive array of archival material from Mexico, the United States, and Spain, Robinson shows that indio fronterizo participation in the Mexican wars of independence grafted into the larger Hidalgo Revolt through alignment with creole commanders. Still, a considerable gulf existed between the aims of indigenous rebels and the creole leadership. Consequently, the privileges that the indios fronterizos sought to preserve continued to diminish, unable to survive either the late colonial reforms of the Spanish regime or creole conceptions of race and property in the formation of the new nation-state. This story suggests that Mexico's transition from colony to nation can only be understood by revisiting the origins of the colonial system and by recognizing the role of Spain's indigenous allies in both its construction and demolition. The study relates events in the region to broader patterns of identity, loyalty, and subversion throughout the Americas, providing insight into the process of mestizaje that is commonly understood to have shaped Latin America. It also foreshadows the popular conservatism of the nineteenth century and identifies the roots of post-colonial social unrest. This book provides new context for scholars, historians, ethnographers, anthropologists, and anyone interested in the history of Mexico, colonization, Native Americans, and the Age of Revolutions"--Provided by publisher. "This work explores social and cultural transformations among the indigenous communities of western Mexico, especially the indios fronterizos (Frontier Indians), preceding and during the struggle for independence"--Provided by publisher. ER -